The modern composer and his world : a report from the International Conference of Composers, held at the Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, August 1960

Proceedings of the International Conference of Composers attended by SCEG at the Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario in August 1960. Foreword 5 The Participants in the International Conference of Composers 10 Contents 13 Editors' Note 14 Part One. The Composer in Today's World 17 Composer and Public 17 Training of Composers 31 Composer and Performer 49 Part Two. The Composer's Métier 63 Serialism 63 Some Other Paths 91 Opera and Ballet 116 Synthetic Means 123 Form 148 Part Three. Summary 165 Conference Summary 165 The Concerts of the Conference 177